NHTSA Complaint #10724236 — 2010 FORD EDGE

I HAVE A 2010 FORD EDGE. WHEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE, I WOULD NOTICE THE ODOR OF GASOLINE. LATER, I NOTICED FUEL STAINS ON MY SLIGHTLY SLANTED DRIVEWAY UNDER WHERE THE EDGE WAS OFTEN PARKED. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP INSPECTED MY TANK AND FOUND THAT IT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE SEAMS OF THE TANK. SEVERAL CALLS TO VARIOUS NUMBERS FOR FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS ONLY RESULT IN MANY MINUTES ON HOLD, TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING - WHICH IS THAT THE 2010 IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE 14S22 RECALL FOR 2007 AND 2008 MODELS. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME TO KEEP MY RECEIPTS WHEN I HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AND FORD MAY REIMBURSE ME IF THE RECALL IS EXPANDED. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CORRODED TANK IS $5000. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE NO TANKS AVAILABLE. THIS GAS TANK PROBLEM IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED SAFETY ISSUE. APPARENTLY, FORD WOULD RATHER I DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT THEIR DEALERSHIP AFFIRMS IS UNSAFE, THAN ENROLL ME IN THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO 2007/08 MODEL YEAR OWNERS WHO COME UNDER THE #14S22 RECALL. HOPEFULLY, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE HAS REACHED A CRITICAL MASS TO BE DEFINED AS "A TREND." I PRAY THAT THERE ARE NO FIRES, INJURIES OR WORSE BECAUSE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE.